CFP: [American] Transatlantic Exchanges, 1783-1863

Call for Essays: Transatlantic Exchanges from the Anglo-American War to theEmancipation Proclamation (c. 1783-1863)

A new and burgeoning field of interdisciplinary investigation,transatlantic scholarship contextualizes its objects of study in relationto exchanges, interactions, and negotiations that occurred between andamong authors and other artists hailing from both sides of the Atlantic. Asa result, transatlantic research calls into question establisheddisciplinary boundaries that have long functioned to segregate variousnational or cultural literatures and art forms, challenging as well thetraditional academic emphasis upon periodization and canonization.

For a volume tentatively titled "Transatlantic Exchanges from theAnglo-American War to the Emancipation Proclamation," we invite essaysubmissions on any aspect of transatlantic literatures from the periodcirca 1783-1863. Possible topics include, but are not limited to:* migration and settlement* the Atlantic slave trade and transatlantic abolition movement* comparative analyses of different colonial sites* literary and other cultural exchanges across the Atlantic* European attitudes towards the Americas, and vice versa* depictions of transatlantic conflicts, from the Seven Yearsâ€™ War forward* theorizing the transatlantic

The volume will be considered by Ashgate, where it will undergo a fullpeer-review, so we ask submitters to note that, for documentation, Ashgateprefers footnotes containing bibliographical information, roughly in avariant of MLA note style; details of Ashgateâ€™s house style are providedonline at http://www.ashgate.com/pdf/Authors/h_author_guidelines.pdf .

Please send submissions of 6000-7000 words (including all notes) by *1October 2009* as attachment in Word or WordPerfect to both editors, JuliaM. Wright (julia.wright_at_dal.ca)and Kevin Hutchings (hutchink_at_unbc.ca).Those interested in submitting to the book series, Ashgate Series inNineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies, should contact Ann Donahue(adonahue_at_ashgate.com).